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The Downey Eagle
March 20, 1998 Volume 6 Number 4
Funeral Mass today for Eugene G. Garcia
DOWNEY-A Funeral Mass will be heard at 9:30 a.m. today (Friday, March 20) at Our Lady of
Perpetual Help Catholic Church for Eugene G. Garcia, a Downey resident since 1939 and an attorney.
He was 78, born May 19, 1919 in Terre Haute, Indiana, and died March 13 at Downey Community
Hospital. He was formerly of Akron, Ohio.
He was a member of the American Bar Association, a former member of the Downey Knights of
Columbus and Downey Lodge No. 2020 B.P.O. Elks, and was admitted to practice law before the
U.S. Supreme Court in 1962. He was a lifetime member of the D.A.V., and longtime active member
of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church. He was discharged with physical disabilities as a
captain after serving four years in the U.S. Army in World War II. He practiced law in Downey for
40 years before his retirement.
Survivors include his wife, Kathleen M.; daughters Macrina Garcia of Duarte, Bonita Veguez of
Downey; a sister, Anna Alvarez of West Virginia; a brother, Andrew Garcia of Ohio; and two
granddaughters.
Burial will follow at All Souls Cemetery. Arrangements are by the Downey Zrelak Family Mortuary.